14 years in the life of a Maya priest - Atheist Nexus2015-03-31T22:48:51Zhttp://www.atheistnexus.org/forum/topics/14-years-in-the-life-of-a-maya?groupUrl=gettingreligion&commentId=2182797%3AComment%3A796164&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noThere's a fantastic book out…tag:www.atheistnexus.org,2010-04-18:2182797:Comment:7961642010-04-18T16:02:46.188ZJo Jeromehttp://www.atheistnexus.org/profile/MaryWood
There's a fantastic book out that I've shamelessly plugged many times on this site: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_24?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&amp;field-keywords=when+they+severed+earth+from+sky+how+the+human+mind+shapes+myth&amp;x=0&amp;y=0&amp;sprefix=when+they+severed+earth+" target="_blank">When They Severed Earth From Sky: How The Human Mind Shapes Myth.</a><br />
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It's an easy read and quite fascinating; how our natural psyche leads into mythological and religious…
There's a fantastic book out that I've shamelessly plugged many times on this site: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_24?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&amp;field-keywords=when+they+severed+earth+from+sky+how+the+human+mind+shapes+myth&amp;x=0&amp;y=0&amp;sprefix=when+they+severed+earth+" target="_blank">When They Severed Earth From Sky: How The Human Mind Shapes Myth.</a><br />
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It's an easy read and quite fascinating; how our natural psyche leads into mythological and religious beliefs. And why we see similar themes and practices spring up independently throughout the globe. i guess it depends on your de…tag:www.atheistnexus.org,2010-04-16:2182797:Comment:7941342010-04-16T15:45:10.288ZDaniel Whttp://www.atheistnexus.org/profile/Daniel57
i guess it depends on your definition of sacrifice. It's certainly a sacrifice to the person who has their heart cut out without anesthesia while still beating, held down by priests. Or being burned to death on a pile of wood. <a href="http://www.atheistnexus.org/group/gettingreligion/forum/topics/14-years-in-the-life-of-a-maya?commentId=2182797%3AComment%3A793759&amp;xg_source=msg_com_forum">Wikipedia on sacrifice</a>: Sacrifice (from a Middle English verb meaning "to make sacred", from Old…
i guess it depends on your definition of sacrifice. It's certainly a sacrifice to the person who has their heart cut out without anesthesia while still beating, held down by priests. Or being burned to death on a pile of wood. <a href="http://www.atheistnexus.org/group/gettingreligion/forum/topics/14-years-in-the-life-of-a-maya?commentId=2182797%3AComment%3A793759&amp;xg_source=msg_com_forum">Wikipedia on sacrifice</a>: Sacrifice (from a Middle English verb meaning "to make sacred", from Old French, from Latin sacrificium: sacr, "sacred" + facere, "to make") is commonly known as the practice of offering food, objects (typically valuables), or the lives of animals or people to the gods as an act of propitiation or worship.<br />
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Of course, church elders who ordered burnings at the stake, and public hangings and decapitations, for 'punishment' did not regard these as "being on the sacrificial altar", but it seems they had the same intended effect, and were a type of "offering" to "god".<br />
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Lynchings are a small step from this type of sacrifice as well. It's scapegoating. I always thought a "sacrifice…tag:www.atheistnexus.org,2010-04-16:2182797:Comment:7937592010-04-16T03:28:13.738ZProg Rock Girlhttp://www.atheistnexus.org/profile/ProgRockGirl
I always thought a "sacrifice" meant giving up something you loved. Therefore, what kind of sacrifice is it to kill someone hated?
I always thought a "sacrifice" meant giving up something you loved. Therefore, what kind of sacrifice is it to kill someone hated?